Funds Given to Community Committees Supported by People's Association

Mr Png Eng Huat asked the Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (a) to date, how many Citizens' Consultative Committees, Community Club Management Committees, Residents' Committees and Neighbourhood Committees are respectively registered under the People's Association; (b) how many paid staff are there in each of these committees; and (c) how much funding is given to each of these committees per year from 2005 to 2011.

Mr Chan Chun Sing: As at 31 July 2012, there are 87 Citizens' Consultative Committees (CCCs), 106 Community Club Management Committees (CCMCs), 567 Residents’ Committees (RCs) and 128 Neighbourhood Committees (NCs).

At the Constituency Office, one PA staff supports the work of between three and four Committees. This is on top of their core duties of managing CC operations seven days a week, planning and organising daily courses and programmes, and working with other Government and community partners on programmes to benefit the residents.

From 2005 to 2011, on average, each CCC received $152,872 per year in Grant funding, each CCMC $46,114, each RC $9,457 and each NC $4,043.